Sea lions aren't super high on the list of aquatic animals surfers usually need to worry about encountering in the water. However, we were treated to a

When he contacted the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute to report the incident, he said he was informed that marine researchers are currently seeing a surge of toxic algal blooms across California’s coastline that are known to cause neurological sickness in marine animals like sea lions and dolphins.

A surfer in California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and continued stalking him.